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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Minister To Be Approached On Cundle Aerodrome Proposal

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 3

A deputation from the Council will make personal approach to the Minister for Aviation regarding the proposed…

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Gravel Roads Need Grading Every Month

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 8

Gravel roads were only good between showers and should be graded once a month, contended Cr. B. Ivens at…

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Road Safety Council Message

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

"I think no accident we hear or read about strikes us with so shocking a sense of tragedy as the death of a child in a traffic accident. Most of us, I think, feel a sense of sorrow and sympathy for the parents in their loss. Then that feeling gives way to a conviction that such accidents would not happen…

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Diesel Train Will Return After Repairs

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

The diesel train has only been withdrawn from service on the North Coast line while the engine is under…

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Gloucester-Bulahdelah Road— £5,000 for Culverts

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 3

The local Shire Council has been advised by the Main Roads Department that a grant of £5,000 has been made available…

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Gloucester River Bridge a Vital Matter-

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

The forthright and to-the-point remarks at last Council meeting on the Gloucester River bridge construction give food for much…

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No Site Yet For New Manning River Bridge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

Reporting to Manning Shire Council meeting, the Engineer Mr. L. D. Geer, said that further efforts are to be made to…

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Manning Shire Council. Engineer Reports On Road Works

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

The Pacific Highway has been resheeted for a ten mile section south of the Hillview turn-off, it was…

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Diesel Train

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

Mr. Cec. Anderson, Secretary of Wingham Chamber of Commerce, has been notified as follows by Mr. H. p. Fraser,…

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Many Booked in Road Safety Blitz

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Safety Bureau booked 110 motorists since its campaign against traffic offenders was…

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Aldavilla Aerodrome

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 4

The Engineer reported: The Department of Works has requested the removal of Council's high and low tension lines across the southern end…

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Comboyne Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 4

The President of Manning Shire Council, Councillor L. C. Jordan, MLA, said on Monday week that his Council…

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Letters to the Editor. Wingham-Bulga Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

Sir.—I would like to draw attention to the recent gravelling project on the Wingham-Bulga Read, and make…

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Minister Approves Use of Grant for Old Bar Road

The Northern Champion · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) will raise no objection to Manning Shire Council…

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No Motor Mower for Wingham Central School

The Northern Champion · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

The Department of Education will not supply a motor mower for Wingham Central School…

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No Funds for Motor Mower

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

Mr. L. C. Jordan, MLA for Oxley, has been notified as follows by the Minister for Education (Hon. R. J. Heffron):…

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Old Bar Road

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 4

Mr. L. C. Jordan, MLA, has been notified as follows by the (Hon. J. B. Renshaw): "I refer to your personal…

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Railway Explains Sleeper Cutter Wage

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

"I am desired by the Commissioner for Railways to acknowledge your personal representations on behalf of Mr. Tisdell, sleeper cutter at Kendall, and to inform you that prices paid to cutters for sleepers…

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Transport By Road— End of Some Concessions

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

The Director of Transport and Highways, Mr. R. Winsor, said that from last Tuesday the Government had withdrawn concessions…

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Oratory in Parliament "One for the Road."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

Specimen of Parliamentary oratory of the late George Anderson, once, member for Waterloo, and who afterward: Worse than Tojo and Hitler for slaughter Is the fellow who won't take a pull…

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